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You could play me an entirely different song and tell me it was an alternative version of Lewis Mistreated and I would believe you. I can't remember a moment of it.

I wonder where that place is, though. Not because I intend to break in, but it's just weird to contemplate the physical spaces these sorts of things exist in. Do Radiohead own those tapes now? Or XL? Are they in a bunker under the Thames? A barn in Oxfordshire?

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I'm sure the ones on the shelf on the right next to Colin's shoulders say 'bends' or 'benz'.

I have a set list from 1993 with benz

looking at the other photo from reddit, Colin is taking a photo of one shelf. Doubt how much of those shelves are Radiohead masters. Not sure how much we can see even matters from the angle Colin is shooting with his camera.

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looking at the other photo from reddit, Colin is taking a photo of one shelf. Doubt how much of those shelves are Radiohead masters. Not sure how much we can see even matters from the angle Colin is shooting with his camera.

There you go. It's possible the tapes are organised by recording date and not artist.

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Regardless. Good photos and it is interesting that he is posing with some old Radiohead tapes. Since the tapes were limited with OK Computer I don't think there is a realistic option of doing a Bends Anniversary edition. BUT I really hope they do a Kid Amnesiac. Especially since Nigel said they had a lot of tapes from those sessions. Also, Colin is awesome.

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Anyway, does anyone remember an interview (with Nigel? Ed? Even Thom?) in which its said there's a 'second version' they could do of The Bends. Obviously from around the time of OKNOTOK. Whoever it was who did the interview seemed more enthused about this Bends version than any Kid A one.

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Yes; this may not be the same interview, but Ed did mention last year to ExitMusic Argentina something very similar:

When we moved to the recent reissue of OK Computer, O’Brien mentioned that there are talks of doing something similar with Kid A and Amnesiac: “there is a lot of material from those albums, but you have to be careful when you do something like that.” He then added that Kid A/Amnesiac, In Rainbows and The Bends are probably the albums which could turn out the most interesting if they did a similar release to OKNOTOK. “There are different versions of songs from The Bends and that could be interesting,” he added.

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My only guess is, that Ed hopes they do not find themselves in an overcomplicated process of trying to organize and interpret all of it!

I think they will try to have a balanced amount of music from each session that they would like to share. It may turn out that the original split between KID A and Amnesiac will help them out once again to bring compatible music together!